Development and validation of a job exposure matrix for physical risk factors in low back pain.
OBJECTIVES: The aim was to construct and validate a gender-specific job exposure matrix (JEM) for physical exposures to be used in epidemiological studies of low back pain (LBP). MATERIALS AND METHODS: We utilized two large Finnish population surveys, one to construct the JEM and another to test mat...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2012-01-01
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| Series: | PLoS ONE |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3495969?pdf=render |